19 June 2008
The United Nations Human Rights Council has adopted a new legal
instrument to strengthen the protection of economic, social and
cultural rights.
5 June 2008
Uzbekistani human rights defender Mutabar Tadzhibaeva, who was
sentenced to eight years in prison in 2006, was unexpectedly released
on Monday, 2 June.
3 June 2008
European Court of Human Rights strongly supports allegations that Aminat Dugaeva and Kurbika Zinabdieva were abducted by Russian servicemen.
30 May 2008
110 states have agreed a provisional text for a historic new Convention on
Cluster Munitions, which is a treaty to ban the "Use, Production and
Transfer of Cluster Munitions".
18 April 2008
Pakistan has ratified a key UN human rights treaty and signed two others.
11 April 2008
Eight men convicted of undermining the monarchy in Morocco last year have been released after they were pardoned by the King.
11 April 2008
A prominent trade unionist in Iran has been released from detention after serving a one-year prison sentence.
31 March 2008
Two human rights activists have been released from prison in Ethiopia having been detained since November 2005.
20 March 2008
A Moroccan who was jailed for creating a Facebook profile of a prince has been released from prison.
18 March 2008
Guatemala's first ever trial for enforced disappearances began last week.
